Mariana's POV "I, Morris Howards, reject you as my mate, Mariana..." Morris starts. "Stop! What is going on here?" Elena says as she walks in. My wolf and I were embracing ourselves for the pain that was about to come. "Queen! You don't know how much I hate this woman and her family. I am older than Mariana. I know what an evil b***h she is. Do not believe her if she is here to say anything about your mate. She and her family are cunning. They are the most hated family in the Blue Mountain Pack. Her father pretends to be an adviser for Alpha Ryan, but he wants the Alpha position. Even before Ryan's parents died, he wanted the role of the Alpha so badly that he worked with that witch, I am sure, to kill Ryan's parents. As I am older than Mariana, I realize she will become my mate one day